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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace MsgPack.Serialization.AbstractSerializers
{
	/// <summary>
	///		Defines a common interface for serializer builder which supports code generation.
	/// </summary>
	internal interface ISerializerCodeGenerator
	{
		/// <summary>
		///		Builds the serializer code using specified code generation context.
		/// </summary>
		/// <param name="context">
		///		The <see cref="ISerializerCodeGenerationContext"/> which holds configuration and stores generated code constructs.
		/// </param>
		/// <param name="concreteType">The substitution type if builder's target type is abstract type. <c>null</c> when builder's target type is not abstract type.</param>
		/// <param name="itemSchema">The schema which contains schema for collection items, dictionary keys, or tuple items. This value must not be <c>null</c>.</param>
		/// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">
		///		<paramref name="context"/> is <c>null</c>.
		/// </exception>
		/// <exception cref="NotSupportedException">
		///		This class does not support code generation.
		/// </exception>
		void BuildSerializerCode( ISerializerCodeGenerationContext context, Type concreteType, PolymorphismSchema itemSchema );
	}
}